Flobots.org Bowling Ball 3 – Saturday, October 8th

By Monday, September 26, 2011 1 Permalink 0

UPDATE: ONE REPUBLIC HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE CELEBRITY BOWLERS AND TICKETS ARE BUY ONE GET ONE FOR A LIMITED TIME! Last year Tickle Me Pink was one of the featured bands that bowled in the Flobots.org annual fundraising event, so of course I had to go! I went on the condition that I photographed the event for the band (and come on, who better to document an event than me?!). This year is shaping up to be just as fun! I mean, Tickle Me Pink won't be there, but have you seen the list of local celebs that will be there? During the final celebrity round last ...

Westword Music Showcase 2011 Ballot

By Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9 Permalink 0

Time to vote for the best bands in Colorado via the Westword! There are 49 categories ranging from Pop to Rock-Psych Rock/Shoegaze. I already have my picks for some of the categories, but still need help picking the other ones. The toughest category for me was Pop-Traditional because every band in that category is amazing: Boys, Della, The Heyday, The Northern Way and Regret Night. It doesn't get much better than that! So here are my picks: Pop-Traditonal: The Heyday Pop-Alternative: My Body Sings Electric Rock-Traditional: The Foot. Rock-Alternative: The Knew Rock-Indie: Fierce Bad Rabbit Rock-Roots: Arliss Nancy Hip-Hop-Band: Air Dubai Punk: Reno Divorce Post-Punk: Wire Faces Americana: Paper Bird Folk/Acoustic: Churchill Funk: Bop Skizzum (more…)

My (tentative) plan for FoCoMX

By Thursday, April 7, 2011 0 Permalink 0

With over 250 bands, djs and artists and only 2 days, planning out my schedule for the 3rd annual FoCoMX was a bit difficult! This year FoCoMX teamed up with Sched.org to create the website and schedule. They make it really easy to plan your weekend! All you have to do is create a login and select the bands you want to see. You can even link Sched.org to your Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare accounts to track where your friends are going to be. You can see my schedule here: http://focomx2011.sched.org/SativaBella or below is a screen shot of my tentative plan, but please suggest any bands you think I ...

Current Musical Obsession – AWOLNATION

By Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2 Permalink 0

While at SXSW I got an email from my mom saying that this was her new favorite band and they were playing at Stubb's that night and my brother and I should try to go. I ended up going to the show alone, but AWOLNATION was awesome! I am so glad I checked them out. Their live show consists of actual instruments as opposed to the overly produced electronic version heard here (which is still really good). I had listened to them briefly before going to SXSW because I loved their song "Sail" but after seeing them live, this is my favorite song, "MF". WARNING: Lyrics ...

Calling All Musicians!

By Wednesday, October 20, 2010 0 Permalink 0

Are you in a local band? Want to be in a band but have a billion questions on logistics; where to start; legal ramifications? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you should come to the first ever FoCoMA: ProDev, a professional development series for musicians in Northern Colorado (and beyond).

Another reason to love my iPhone camera

By Friday, November 6, 2009 0 Permalink 0

Last week I went down to Denver to see my brother play the drums with a local band Life in Electric.  Since it was my brother (and since I do this at every single show I go to) I was taking pictures with my iPhone and my  Sony DSC-N2. The strobe lights were flashing, the fog machine was running, which all equated to one thing - my brother (being the drummer) was not visable. :( Flash didn't help as it illuminated the fog, no flash didn't work because he moves around so much.  Instead I discovered how much fun taking iPhone pictures with a strobe light ...